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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Keane annexes double with King Arthurs Sword

Sat 22nd Oct 2022, 17:29

King Arthurs Sword in full flightKing Arthurs Sword in full flight
© Photo Healy Racing

King Arthurs Sword ran on well to grab his first career success in the Manguard Plus Handicap over 1m2f at Leopardstown.

Colin Keane did the steering and moved back into the lead in the jockey's title race with this success. He brought up a double on the card having earlier partnered Power Under Me to win the Listed Knockaire Stakes.

He drove King Arthurs Sword past Fanore close home to prevail by half a length at 7/1. The runner-up ran a fine race in second for a 28/1 shot. Each-way backers were rewarded with Nibiru (20/1) and New Moon Rising (50/1) in third and fourth respectively.

Trainer Michael O'Callaghan said: "It's been a long time coming for him. He's had his issues.

“Colin was good on him. He travelled well, the horse that was second was hard to get past but Colin said he was good going to the line.

“He's in again on Wednesday (at the Curragh) so we'll see how he is.

“He had a wind issue before and we got that done, that was stopping him. On that ground today Colin said he was perfect and he said he ran through the line strong and would go further.

“We'll probably give him a flick over hurdles again.”

Keane is now on 87 winners for the season and is one ahead of Billy Lee in the jockeys' title race.

Additional reporting by Gary Carson

1st
7/1
Tote €8.40 €2.00
2nd
0.5L
28/1
€8.30
3rd
hd
20/1
€4.80
4th
0.5L
50/1
€16.30
bf
1L
11/4Fav
About Michael Graham
Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.